Posts tagged Appalachia
East Tennessee Churches Mobilize To Help Hurricane Helene Survivors

The flood waters trapped one of Geren Street’s neighbors as he tried to escape in his truck. First responders were able to answer the neighbor’s distress call and freed him as the force of the water pinned the truck door closed. In the days that followed, Street housed the man at First Baptist Church of Roan Mountain along with several other families who lost everything.

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8 Religious Charities Helping With Back-To-Back Hurricane Recovery Efforts

Many charities and nonprofit organizations are currently accepting donations to help the victims of Hurricane Helene. As the country turns its attention to Hurricane Milton, which is expected to bring life-threatening conditions to Florida’s Gulf Coast, specifically Tampa, communities throughout the region are still reeling from the devastation caused by Helene almost two weeks ago.

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Why Mountain People Live (And Worship) Near Rivers

(ANALYSIS) I thought the Google Maps website could provide me with crucial information for this post. Alas, that was not the case. I thought that I could call up a map of Burnsville, North Carolina, and then, after enlarging it, I would be able to count all the Baptist churches between I-26 near Mars Hill and Burnsville on U.S. Highway 19 — but very few of them showed up.

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The Hillbilly Thomists Keep Singing Of The Ties That Bind

(OPINION) The Hillbilly Thomists are a “musical collective” of Dominicans, most of whom have Bible Belt roots. The band of priests and brothers recently staged a concert in the Grand Ole Opry and over the past decade has recorded three albums of music that would sound at home at Appalachian fairs but not in most church halls.

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